Scientists invent a gel that creates neurons from other cells, which could help treat Alzheimer’s

Image: Astrocytes. Image credit: From the Explorer’s Guide to Biology (explorebiology.org). Illustration by Gb Kim via Explore Biology / Flickr. CC BY 4.0 (resized to fit). Article by Zunnash Khan. Live Science – August 28, 2026. Research article: Cell Biomaterials.

Scientists may have found a way to regenerate the neurons that are lost due to conditions like Alzheimer’s disease, a new laboratory study hints. The research, published Aug. 26 in the journal Cell Biomaterials, suggests that reducing levels of a key protein in another type of cell in the brain, called astrocytes, may convert those cells into neurons. The adult brain has a limited capacity to produce new neurons, at baseline, and an even more limited ability to replace neurons lost to disease. […]

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